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*The Doctor wears a football kit, playing for [[Craig Owens|Craig]]'s pub team, the King's Arms. He wears a jersey with 11 on it when playing a football match, both referencing him being the Eleventh Doctor and this being the eleventh episode of Series 5. | *The Doctor wears a football kit, playing for [[Craig Owens|Craig]]'s pub team, the King's Arms. He wears a jersey with 11 on it when playing a football match, both referencing him being the Eleventh Doctor and this being the eleventh episode of Series 5. | ||
*The Doctor making Craig an [[omelette]] may be a reference to ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_%26_Stacey Gavin and Stacy]'', the series which [[James Corden]] starred in and wrote, in which the only food Stacy's mum ever seemed to cook was omelettes. | *The Doctor making Craig an [[omelette]] may be a reference to ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_%26_Stacey Gavin and Stacy]'', the series which [[James Corden]] starred in and wrote, in which the only food Stacy's mum ever seemed to cook was omelettes. | ||
*When the Doctor introduces himself to the time ship's Avatar, he claims to be "Captain Troy Handsome of International Rescue," which is a reference to both [ | *When the Doctor introduces himself to the time ship's Avatar, he claims to be "Captain Troy Handsome of International Rescue," which is a reference to both [[Captain]] [[Troy Tempest]] from ''[[Stingray (series)|Stingray]]'' and [[International Rescue]] from ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Thunderbirds]]'', both series created by [[Gerry Anderson|Gerry]] and [[Sylvia Anderson]]. | ||
*The Doctor says "Please state the nature of your emergency", which was the catchphrase of [[startrekwiki:The_Doctor|The Doctor]] on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager Star Trek: Voyager].'' | *The Doctor says "Please state the nature of your emergency", which was the catchphrase of [[startrekwiki:The_Doctor|The Doctor]] on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager Star Trek: Voyager].'' | ||
*The flat's address on Aickman Road was an homage to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aickman Robert Aickman], the author of numerous supernatural “strange stories” found in collections such as ''Cold Hand in Mine''. | *The flat's address on Aickman Road was an homage to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aickman Robert Aickman], the author of numerous supernatural “strange stories” found in collections such as ''Cold Hand in Mine''. | ||
